The Brief
- A man in Englewood tried to lure a young girl into his car while she was walking home, police said.
- She escaped to a family friend’s house as the vehicle circled the block.
- Police are searching for the driver, described as a heavy-set man in his late 30s driving a silver Chevy Malibu.
CHICAGO – Chicago police are warning South Side residents after a man tried to lure a child into his vehicle on Wednesday evening in the Englewood neighborhood.
What we know:
The attempted child luring occurred between 7:40 p.m. and 7:55 p.m. in the 7200 to 7300 block of South May Street, police said. The child was walking home when a man driving a silver Chevrolet Malibu with a broken passenger-side headlight pulled up and urged her to get into the car, offering to smoke with her.…